2)While a potential #BlueWave2018 is great, please do not think it will solve the systemic problems in this country. Look at it as amputating a gangrenous limb from a Type II diabetic, who won’t lose weight/eat right/take insulin.

3)Even with a 🌊, things could easily get worse.

Democrats aren’t exactly FIGHTING in Congress. I am not certain they will be resolute enough, should they be victorious.

But. It’s better for us if they do win, if only to return to systemic stasis.

4)Because right now, the system has zero brakes, no checks and balances, and a worn-off veneer of justice.

The system may have lulled us previously into thinking it was okay because it ran “smoothly”, but in current form, it’s like a runaway train engine headed for a brick wall.

5)If we don’t have a 🌊, we may easily be under martial law at this time in 2019.

Oh, you think that’s crazy? You’re cute.

What do regimes *do* when the veneer comes off and the people rise up? If you think they 🍾 and welcome the revolutionaries, learn some history.

6)Which leads me to my greater point:

Who do you trust? What plans do you have in place for survival? How are your networks built?

7)This is not just Boy Scout level of “be prepared”, though that can’t hurt. Definitely have a supply of fresh water, canned/dried food, source of heat, some cash stashed (if you can...economic privilege is real), a passport, medical supplies, things to barter.

8)No, this level of preparedness also includes methods of communication, people with different skill sets, willingness to be part of a SBO, ability to negotiate terms, ability to cut through bullshit of daily life to do whatever is necessary to survive.

Can you do it?

9)Because should martial law be imposed (a possibility if despite what #Mueller finds, our Grifter-In-Chief and his henchmen decide not to leave), our lives change.

Who you trust, who you choose to know ANY details of your life may have lethal consequences, if you get it wrong.

10)What are you prepared to do? What would you NEVER do?

Think about that. Really deeply. Because who we were in 2016 is not who we are in 2018. The veneer of civility is being removed far faster than we believed possible.

11) @sarahkendzior asked us in 2016 to write down who we were, what we wanted, what we believed.

I’ll bet most of us didn’t heed her advice.

That’s a shame.

12) I’ll stop now with this thought:

Trump and his supporters are very focused on what is “legal.” They flought the law to achieve their objectives but demand the rest of us uphold it.

If they’re treating asylum seekers like dirt, if they’re trying to denaturalize citizens...

13) What makes you think you aren’t next? Whatever it is you do...whoever you are...trust me when I say that an authoritarian regime can find a way to make illegal both your *actions* and your *being*.

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Wow, that last #thread really took off. Let’s try another. I want to think with folks about how we can talk about #SurvivingRKelly outside the logic of the prison industrial complex.

Many of the people who responded to my last thread engaged in carceral logics saying some variation on “his ass should rot in jail” if not calls for his death. Are there other ways we can imagine justice, accountability and healing?

Prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba has said, as ppl raised w/ carceral logics it’s hard for us to imagine or desire alternatives. The #prisonindustrialcomplex has limited how we think about justice—even though other nations do things differently.

#Thread of responses from women in aerodynamics to the question, 'what would you like to see in order for women's career progression in your field to be sustained and better supported?'

Responses incl. career flexibility, mentoring and more women in leadership roles #WomeninSTEM

1. "I think young female engineers need to see more female role models and mentors in my field. Having a visible example of someone that looks like you and is succeeding in their field is important. Having an opportunity to meet with a mentor like that can be very powerful."

2. "I would like to see that any career promotion is based on own merits and value added to the company or the society independently of the gender. I want that women are measured with the same rules as men and are given equal opportunities."

2nd #Thread of responses from women in aerodynamics to the question, 'what do you currently see as being the major obstacle to women entering your field?'

Responses incl gender career stereotypes from an early age, lack of self-esteem and lack of female role models #WomeninSTEM

1. "I think that there is not enough awareness of female role-models in my field. There need to be more initiatives that allow young women to connect with female role-models so that they can be inspired and motivated to follow in their footsteps."

2. "Discouragement from teachers in high school to pursue a STEM career and an unwelcoming atmosphere in technical universities."

A guy i know(friend of a friend) met a random chick at an outing, they talked and vibes were going too well. My guy say "It was like magic😂😂", so things push real well, they ended up at the guy's apartment and got to fuck and from here I'll quote the guy

"I was jamming this babe, the sex been make sense nh. So like i wan cum nh, i wan pull out, the girl yan say make i do am inside...sae e dey ok. No wahala nh, as i wan cum na so the girl ask me "what's your ATM pin?"😂😂 "i no just know wetin take place i tell the girl the pin.

Immediately i just cum finish na i roll over sleep catch me... Guy...i wake up 10hrs later" "I no see the girl, i just fash am maybe she been get place to go, as i open my phone i see SERIOUS HEAVY DEBIT ALERTS.

Ok. It’s time to go into Joshua’s memory box and tell his story #thread

Joshua was very much a rainbow baby 🌈 and we were so excited and over the moon when I finally made it into the second trimester. (Alex and I are both big rugby fans!)

I was working as a 1st year Registrar in A&E when I suddenly broke my waters at 24 weeks. I was transferred to Southampton @UHSFT who have a specialist level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They were wonderful, and did everything they could to stop my labour over Father’s Day.

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Tragically what the #CorruptGOP doesn't seem to get is that because they are not dealing in facts, & they are propagating falsehoods to their base, an entire generation of Republican voters, workers, apparachik's at every level; the U.S.A. loses ultimately. There are

People basing real decisions, at real jobs- both public & private sector-on false information. We have the most powerful military, biggest Economy, in the most industrialized nation in the world making Domestic & Foreign Policy based on fasle information.

This can & will end only one of two ways. Either we reverse course before catastrophic consequence or we experience what could be the most catastrophic multi-national event that has occurred since WW2 & the most grave consequences since our Nation's inception nearly 300 yrs ago.